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resistance 290, 291act, 292–294, 295act, 296, 298–299inv
loss of energy 296–297 measuring 300
resistors 290, 295–297, 296act, 298–299inv, 301
in parallel 313, 316–317inv and power 327inv
in series 310, 316–317inv transform electrical energy 320, 321act (see also power)
revolution 383 See also orbits
ribonucleic acid (RNA) 122, 131 ribosomes 123
Roberts, Archie 424
robots 318
See also rovers
rockets 439–440, 446inv, 448 Roman numeral 88
Rømer, Ole 404
rotation 383
rovers 438, 438act
Russell, Henry Norris 374
rust. See corrosion
Rutherford, Ernest 31, 33, 35, 52
S
safety rules 10–11, 13act safety, in science lab 8–13, 9act Sagan, Carl 368
salmon 116, 208–209
salt 94
satellites 351, 383, 388, 436 Saturn 383, 387
science lab
emergency equipment 9, 10 experiments 8
safety 8–13, 9act, 13act
sea urchins 204–205, 207–208, 233 Seaborg, Glen 65
Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence 362
seeds 212, 214
semiconductor 47
series circuit 306, 308–310, 308act,
314act
sexual reproduction 188–189, 204, 206, 220
compared with asexual 220act, 241
shooting stars. See meteors sickle cell anemia 139 silicon 47
silver 47
sister chromatids 156 Skylab 444
slope 300
sodium 46
Solar and Heliospheric 383, 384
solar cells 274
solar eclipse 416–418 solar flares 384
solar prominences 384 solar system 382–383
distances 392–393inv solar wind 385 solidification 21
solids 18
solstices 415 Songhees First Nation space elevator 445 space exploration 342,
Obser vator y
static charge 246, 248, 249act, 251act, 252, 255act, 258act, 262act, 263inv
dangers 254
early theories 248–249, 256 electron transfer 250
laws of 259
uses of 253, 261
steel 45
stem cells 164, 177–178, 217, 218,
236act, 237inv Stonehenge 410
strain gauge 318 subatomic particles 32
See also electrons, neutrons, protons sublimation 21
Sun 366, 370, 373, 375, 383–385
centre of universe 411 diameter 403inv
distance from Earth 402act See also “solar” words
sunspots 384 superconductors 297 supergiant 371 supernova 371–372 surrogacy 229 Sweeney, Lee 132 syndromes 197
T
Tasmanian tiger 166–167
telescopes 344, 399, 412, 432–435,
433act
non-optical 362, 369, 434 optical 433
radio 380, 434–435
space 344, 394, 435
See also specific telescopes or
obser vatories
telomerase 164 telomeres 164 telophase 157 temperature
changes of state 20–21
properties of metal 24inv terraforming 442, 443
theor y 18
therapeutic cloning 177–178 thermocouples 274
Thirty Metre Telescope 433 Thomson, Joseph John 30, 33, 35 thrust 439, 446inv
thymine 126
Till, James 178
Tomma, Clint 328
Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation 424 transgenic organism 134 trans-Neptunian objects 388–389
514 MHR • Index
Earth-based 432–435, 433act measuring distances 385, 396, 397act, 398–401, 402act, 403inv, 404, 405
space-based 435–438, 438act, 447inv (see also space travel) technology 342, 355, 407, 408, 432, 439–440, 445 (see also specific technologies)
tracking celestial bodies 410 space shuttle 440, 443
space sled 445
space tourism 442, 451, 459 space travel 408, 432, 441–445,
447inv, 451
technology 439–440, 445, 448 spawning 207
spectral lines 348–349 spectroscope 348
spectrum 348–349
of stars 375–377, 379act
sperm cells 190 See also gametes
spindle fibres 156
spinoff technologies 442 spiral galaxies 358
Spirit 438, 438act
Spirit Bear 136, 140
spores 174
Stairs, Ingrid 380
star clusters 359–360
Stardust 389
stars 343, 368, 378inv, 379act
colour 375–377 formation 356, 366, 370 life cycle 370–374 motion 411
number 358
sizes 373
See also star clusters
states 16, 18
changes in 16, 17act, 18
172 346